Oui, mais...

This movie is a very nice diving in human psyche. Starting with a love story between two teenagers, it widen its scope to the adults and the roles that we all play. It's a story about love and freedom, trust and sex. It put a lot of emphasis on respect, how not, for the girl, to become a simple mean of satisfaction. The teenagers characters and the psychiatrist are profound. The parents may appear like a cartoon. Maybe it was necessary in order to focus more on the three heroes. I enjoyed very much this movie, light and profound. There is a good rhythm, no endless and windy dialogs like we can find in numerous french movies. The humor is frequent, in light touches.

"Oui, mais..." mirrors the emotion of "American Beauty" but at the same is full of laughs. The film is about a teen that sees a psych to analyze her relationships (with her parents and her boyfriend). The film's two youngest actors, Emilie Dequenne (Eglantine) and Cyrille Thouvenin (Sebastien), really pull you into the story and have great on-screen chemistry. I first saw the film at the Virginia Commonwealth University French Film Festival in Richmond, VA and wanted to purchase it. Being able to buy the DVD or VHS of "Oui, mais..." in the US (instead paying a fortune to have it shipped from France) would be wonderful.

Do you go to cinema to think? So do I! Do you go to cinema to be entertained? So do I!.. Well! Here you can reach both of these aims! This first feature of Yves Lavandier (the most respected theoretician of dramaturgy in France - who, I've heard, has written a book called Dramaturgy now translated into Spanish and English) shows that one can be a good screenwriter and a good director. His movie is both entertaining and deep. It talks about first love, parenthood's dependence, needs to grow up alone, but well accompanied... well. In short, how to become a mature grown up, not being totally f***ed up. Interesting & entertaining. Universal & particular. What do you look for in movies? Me? certainly nothing more than that! A nice moment that lasts more in my mind than the time (one hour and a half) that I have been spending in the theater! :)

This movie is really great and was suggested to my by a reference in a book. I was amazed by the beginning and way it explains you the story. You have part which are the story that this teenager is living, and part which are the explanation of the psychologist.

You have different games in it : 1) the psi is speaking to you and gives explanations to you about the games played by the person

2) but he also speaks with his client

3) you have also moment where regarding the option you take the same part of the movie is played again.

Really a pedagogic movie and fantastic examples of different concepts of psychology, people games !

Never in the cinema have we seen a film that renders therapy so well and so deeply. And it does so with lightness and humor. A real "tour-de-force" which should interest the American market. Emilie Dequenne, Gérard Jugnot, Cyrille Thouvenin and Alix de Konopka are excellent, probably due to Yves Lavandier's talent at directing actors. The script is very well structured and clever. A must see ! Clem